{{Short description|American baseball player (1914–1999)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Johnnie Wittig |position=Pitcher |image=Johnnie Wittig.jpg |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1914|6|16}} |birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1999|2|24|1914|6|16}} |death_place=Nassawadox, Virginia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 4 |debutyear=1938 |debutteam=New York Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 22 |finalyear=1949 |finalteam=Boston Red Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=10–25 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.89 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=121 |teams= *New York Giants ({{mlby|1938}}–{{mlby|1939}}; {{mlby|1941}}; {{mlby|1943}}) *Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1949}}) }}
'''John Carl Wittig''' (June 16, 1914 – February 24, 1999), nicknamed "Hans", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1938 and 1949 for the New York Giants (1938–39, 1941, 1943) and Boston Red Sox (1949). Listed at {{convert|6|ft|2|abbr=on}}, {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}}, Wittig batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to German immigrants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/johnny-wittig/ |title=Johnny <nowiki>[</nowiki>''sic''<nowiki>]</nowiki> Wittig |first1=Bill |last1=Nowlin |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Over a five-season-career, Wittig posted a 10–25 record with a 4.89 ERA in 84 appearances, including 39 starts, seven complete games, one shutout, four saves, 121 strikeouts, 163 walks, and 307{{fraction|1|3}} innings of work. Wittig died in Nassawadox, Virginia, at the age of 84.
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